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How Dragons have gone from bunnies to bullies in Flanagan’s new era

It goes without saying, but Anzac Day is one of the best rugby league days of the year. It’s a special time when we get to remember and celebrate...

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Andrew Johns

I once mocked a star for shirking a contest. I won’t do it again

As huge as a football field is, there is nowhere to hide. Television cameras zoom in; key moments are replayed and scrutinised on split-second...

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Kane Cornes

Is there an age when we give up on love?

Looks like another one has hit the dust. And this time, it just might be me. After decades of believing that romantic love is the essence of life –...

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Wendy Squires

NRL rule changes are messing with players’ minds

NRL players are being challenged to process the avalanche of rule changes coming out of Rugby League Central in recent years. There have been too...

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Roy Masters

Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose, there’s a whiff of defeat about him

Donald Trump has been letting loose on his Truth Social network of late, disparaging prosecutors, the judge and potential witnesses in the...

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Bill Wyman

The ‘boggy’ issue Dees need to address to smoke them in September

The same old problems are standing in the way of a grand new flag for Melbourne. Simon Goodwin and his coaches could chuckle at how his Demons...

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Andrew Wu

Chalmers’ high-wire act just got harder

The narrow economic path that the Reserve Bank and federal government have been walking for the past two years has just got even more slender. In a...

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Shane Wright

A $50k bonus, cheap uni, extra healthcare: the 4400 Navy jobs no one wants

Last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles used a speech to outline a huge increase in spending across our military services. The real takeaway to...

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Shane Wright

I live in Brunswick East and drink flat whites. Now I’m engaged in a sordid affair

Most people in Melbourne probably consider changing your coffee order about as honourable as changing your footy colours because your team are...

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Bianca O&x27Neill

The missing emotion that needs to be articulated on Anzac Day

Another Anzac Day. Just as it has been for the last 11 decades, many emotions will resonate – reverence, respect and remembrance. I submit that,...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Albanese’s latest plan is triggering elite economists. Don’t listen to them

Two weeks ago, Anthony Albanese travelled to Brisbane and scandalised the nation’s policy and media elite by announcing a new wave of economic...

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Shaun Carney

Tesla’s profits are being sunk by a tide of electric cars

There is an interesting contrast between the first-quarter results of two of the world’s biggest automakers, and it says a lot about the state of...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Why Goyder survived even though his climate plan was panned

What kind of message is sent when Australia’s largest oil and gas company, Woodside, receives a record-breaking vote against its climate report...

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Elizabeth Knight

Chaos, paranoia and overreaction: Robbie Cooke’s tortured Star turn

Just 18 months ago Robbie Cooke walked through the front doors of casino operator Star Entertainment to reform a company which – in his words –...

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Colin Kruger

I just got divorced. What should I do with the settlement?

I’m in my 30s and recently got divorced. This is the first time I’m managing my own finances. While I’ve always earned an income, previously my...

yesterday 8

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Paridhi Jain

‘I bought an abandoned house’: How home renos became the new domain for influencers

“So, I bought an abandoned house.” This is how almost every post on 28-year-old Jenna Phipps’ Instagram account has started since February 1,...

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Ruby Feneley

Joe Biden just had a significant win, but he’s still in the wars

The Anzac spirit – especially the resonance of mateship, endurance and courage – settled over the United States Congress this week. Anzac is a...

yesterday 6

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Bruce Wolpe

Big victim or big mouth? Time for Australia to put Elon Musk in his place

Elon Musk’s legal team revealed a curious problem for the billionaire when they told an Australian court on Monday night that they could not get...

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David Crowe

Buildings as batteries? For net zero, we need bright spark ideas like this

There’s a joke about the economist who thought he saw a $20 note on the ground but didn’t reach down for it because he knew that, if there had...

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Ross Gittins

‘Just didn’t add up’: Could you survive without a car?

A saving of $4000 in one year was enough to convince Jarrod Purchase that he did not need a car. After selling his car, Purchase found he could...

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Emily Chantiri

I’m 40, single, and without children. Do I really need a will?

I am a single woman in my 40s, never married and with no children. Is it necessary for me to have a will? My understanding is, when I die, my...

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Noel Whittaker

Why are people inflating their wealth for better aged care?

Your cost of aged care is means tested so it defies logic that you would artificially inflate your wealth, but it is happening all around the...

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Rachel Lane

The existential threat to bitcoin

The “halving” of bitcoin last week has produced a relatively modest rise in its price. It has also led to a huge spike in the cost of bitcoin...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Financially crippled Star gets salt rubbed into its wounds

Whether by coincidence or design the NSW casino regulator has given Barangaroo’s Crown Sydney a gold star and reinstated its full licence just as...

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Elizabeth Knight

Easy-to-miss deductions that could reduce your tax this year

With the end of the financial year approaching, it is a good time to start gathering receipts to make sure you claim every dollar to which you are...

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John Collett

I want to have Arj Barker’s babies, but I wouldn’t take them to his shows

Dear Arj Barker, We have never met. I’ve never seen you perform live, and I detest stand-up comedy, so I couldn’t say whether your routine...

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Michelle Cazzulino

Why Joe Biden’s real enemy is the price of oil

His economy is growing, he faces no criminal charges – unlike his opponent – and his fund-raising is going well. Yet Joe Biden’s battle for...

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Jonathan Leake

My complete solution for managing your money while travelling

International travel is booming as people take advantage of slightly reduced fares and the northern hemisphere summer. This, of course, raises the...

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Noel Whittaker

John Curtin, Winston Churchill and the cable that changed the course of Australian history

The Prime Minister’s current pilgrimage on the Kokoda Track – which will culminate in him making an address at the Anzac Day Dawn Service at...

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Peter Fitzsimons

‘Omnishambles’ caught our attention but its origin might surprise you

Leaving port, loaded to the gills, the MV Dali struck Baltimore’s bridge. Girders crumpled. The freeway buckled, slumped like rubber. Six onsite...

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David Astle

Does polyamory make you happier? Yes, but there may be a throuple of hurdles

In the 19th century, French novelist Alexandre Dumas wrote: “The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them … sometimes...

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Peter Quarry

X marks the spot where free speech comes at a cost

Accusing the Australian government of censorship, Elon Musk and his company X – formerly Twitter – has vowed to challenge the take-down order from...

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Lydia Khalil

How four pillars on the Kokoda Track will change Albanese forever

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On Anzac Day 1992, prime minister Paul Keating famously got on his knees to kiss a...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Why won’t Melbourne Writers Festival allow questions anymore?

Here’s a question for you: should people in the audience at writers festivals be allowed to ask questions? The Melbourne Writers Festival thinks...

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Jane Sullivan

Despite Obama and Trump, America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’

America’s credibility never has recovered from Barack Obama’s “red-line” ultimatum to Syria’s dictator. When Bashar al-Assad proceeded to...

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Peter Hartcher

What the Magnificent Seven’s $1.7 trillion meltdown tells us about the economy

In just seven trading days, the “Magnificent Seven” of the US sharemarket lost just over $US1 trillion ($1.7 trillion) of their market value...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Australian politicians join the unhappy queue behind Tesla investors

There is no keener symbolism of the woes of Elon Musk’s Tesla than the fact it was overtaken in size last Friday by America’s largest oil...

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Elizabeth Knight

Sliding to a crisis: These numbers show Labor cannot win on the vibe

Assumptions about the next election need to be thrown aside now that Labor is so clearly losing the fight to hold wavering voters. The long slide...

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David Crowe

Why Melania will grit her perfect teeth and weather Trump’s X-rated storm

Outside my Washington office, there is a picture of the Slovenian Sphinx visiting the Egyptian Sphinx, taken during a 2018 photoshoot in Giza nine...

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Maureen Dowd

Coalition meltdown casts doubt on Dutton’s nuclear plan

Peter Dutton’s elevation to the Liberal Party leadership introduced a nuclear twist to the climate wars that have roiled Australian politics for...

monday 10

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The Herald&x27S View

Winless, scoreless and out: Football Australia needs deep rethink after Olyroos disaster

To be fair, there were extenuating circumstances. And you couldn’t really ask for much more in the way of extenuation from this particular set of...

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Vince Rugari

Bombers should be ‘up and about’, Blues ruck’n’rolling: Key takeouts from round six

Peter Wright left Sydney’s Harry Cunningham dazed with a controversial heavy bump in round two, which in turn left the Bombers’ forward dealing...

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Jon Pierik

One group was working from home centuries ago. Here’s why it matters.

Work, for me, is one of the greatest joys in life. It’s exhausting, and there are certainly days I’d rather be out in the sun playing soccer, but...

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Millie Muroi

If drunk hecklers are allowed at comedy shows, so should breastfeeding mums

Instagram is abuzz with news that comedian Arj Barker ceased his performance at the International Comedy Festival a few minutes in to publicly...

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Brigid Meney

No Harley on the horizon: Why the 2024 draft won’t provide a quick fix for North

North Melbourne may need to contemplate trading the No.1 pick again – if that scenario eventuates – to address their extreme key-position shortage...

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Marc Mcgowan

Baby Reindeer has us asking who’s the real Martha. Is that the wrong question?

WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for the Netflix series Baby Reindeer In the wake of the surprise success of Baby Reindeer, a show...

monday 10

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Karl Quinn

Returning to uni at 36 has convinced me: This is no place for teenagers

One of life’s stranger ironies is that the older we get, the younger we feel. Sadly, I don’t mean in a physical sense. Skin and tendons rarely...

monday 8

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Wendy Syfret

Linda Reynolds, Janet Albrechtsen dine out after Lehrmann judgment

Two days after Federal Court justice Michael Lee found former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann had raped his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in a...

monday 1

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Kishor Napier-Raman

Chaotic Collingwood rediscover their 2023 spark

Geelong will play against the best forward pairing in the competition without the best defender in the competition. It’s not ideal. The impact of...

monday 3

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Michael Gleeson

For as long as playing ball is optional, horrific violence will remain on social media

As the horrific violence of last week spilled online and worked its way through too many people’s social media feeds, attention has turned towards...

monday 6

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Alice Dawkins

Gossiping isn’t evil, it’s our feminine duty

Picture this: there I was, enjoying a beer with my friend Hugh when he dropped a bombshell. Hugh was uncomfortable with the amount of gossiping and...

monday 10

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Eliza Reilly

Actions speak louder, but without words we can’t see the full horror

I was reminded last week of the Russian critic Viktor Shklovsky’s explanation of how Tolstoy made old things seem fresh. On the subject of flogging,...

monday 10

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Sean Kelly

It’s what Penny Wong didn’t say in her two-state solution speech that’s most alarming

When Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently canvassed the possibility of Australia recognising Palestinian statehood, it predictably provoked a...

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George Brandis

Axing this Catch-22 could add 40,000 workers to the economy. What are we waiting for?

Picture this: A mum with two children under five wants to return to work part-time after separating from her partner. The first step in returning...

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Terese Edwards

Personal attacks over support for Jennings rock Robinson

The normally unflappable Roosters coach Trent Robinson has been left rattled by personal attacks after his public backing of Michael Jennings....

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Danny Weidler

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